Nagano, Naraijuku Japan Walking Tour[4K HDR]

Narai-juku is a picture perfect small town in Nagano Prefecture, with very much the feel of an historical film set, on the Chuo Main Line railway in the Kiso Valley area of central Japan.

Naraijuku is located on the historic Edo Period Nakasendo highway between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo) and is north of the other post-towns on the Kiso-kaido section of the Nakasendo: Ena, Nakatsugawa, Ochiai, Magome & Tsumago, Kiso-Fukushima, Miyanokoshi and Yabuhara.

Naraijuku has a quiet and soothing atmosphere and is a world away from the frantic atmosphere of Japan’s main cities on the Pacific Coast.

Narai-juku is divided into three sections: Kanmachi (uptown), Nakamachi (midtown) and Shimomachi (downtown). The buildings have overhanging second stories and eaves, a feature peculiar to this post town. The whole preserved area is about 1 km long and 200m wide.

Kiso Ohashi, a modern wooden bridge in the shape of a Japanese drum, stretches 30m over the Narai River and is illuminated at night from April to November. The bridge was constructed with 300 year old cypress (hinoki) wood.

0:00 – Intro
0:28 – Narai Station
0:44 – Nakasendo Naraijuku Walking Tour
20:00 – Shizume Shrine
20:53 – Kiso Ohashi
21:12 – Timelapse of Naraijuku

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